sternwheeler

IPA: stˈɝnwˈiɫɝ

(nautical) A vessel (especially a paddle steamer) propelled by a single paddle wheel positioned at the stern

Examples of "sternwheeler" in Sentences

I think we're still missing lots of sternwheeler articles.
The name on the bow of the sleek sternwheeler was Undaunted.
They packed the car up on a sternwheeler and went to Vancouver.
The dock tower fell into the bay and the sternwheeler Telegraph was sunk.
The dock tower fell into the bay and the sternwheeler 'Telegraph' was sunk.
Not all early sternwheeler passengers would be so delighted with the experience.
Not that he expected to see anything as technologically advanced as a steamship or sternwheeler.
I love the look of a classic antebellum steamboat, and the artist here actually got it right and gave me a sidewheeler, not a sternwheeler.
Further, it was known that they had quarrelled just previous to pulling out; for the Lizzie, a wheezy ten-ton sternwheeler, twenty-four hours behind, beat Leclère in by three days.
WOODLAND - A large silhouette of a sternwheeler will be the long-awaited piece of downtown art, after contractors pointed out that the miniature replica of a boat built for Hoffman Plaza would an easy target for vandals and metal thieves.
The city, once America's busiest inland port, used to be the home port for the 82-year-old sternwheeler, which is shutting down because Congress has refused to grant another exemption from a federal safety law that bans overnight passengers on boats with a wooden superstructure.